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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 10.25.14.03" title_num="10" subtitle_num="25" chapter_num="14" heading="Information to be Collected.">
  <text>The Commission may collect the following data from a health care practitioner:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Data that indicate the nature of the health care practice in which the health care practitioner is engaged;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Data that indicate whether the health care practitioner is actively engaged in the practice of health care;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Data that indicate whether the health care practitioner is currently engaged in direct patient care in the State;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Data that indicate the health care practitioner's primary language, race, and ethnicity;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Data that describe the health care practitioner's areas of specialty, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Specialty qualifications or training;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Specialty certification, licensure, or status; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Current areas of concentration;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Data that identify the number and location of a health care practitioner's practice locations;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Data that indicate whether the health care practitioner provides primary or preventive care services, or both, in Maryland;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Data that indicate the nature and extent of the practitioner's use of information technology in the diagnosis and treatment of patients;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Data that indicate whether the health care practitioner accepts or treats patients who are covered by Maryland Medical Assistance or Medicare; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Data that indicate whether the health care practitioner provides care to low-income patients and, if so, the nature of the compensation received for that care.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>